Hello again!
Now that we've gone over several of the basic Operations, this week we want to go over Provocations.
Operations vary in risk and consequences. The simplest Operations such as Gathering Information and Acquiring Assets will only rarely cause major issues between the two Empires, while Stealing Technology or Sabotaging Starbases is more frowned upon and can cause some diplomatic issues. Provocations are the types of acts that the galaxy as a whole will generally take a dim view to, treating them as war crimes. Expect blowback and repercussions from them, even when they are successful.
Part of these repercussions is modelled by the loss of Infiltration - whether it be that parts of your Spy Network are compromised, security holes have been closed in response, or "friends" within the empire stop being quite as friendly. The flashier and messier the operation is, the more your network will be impacted.
Provocations will usually cause the greatest losses of Infiltration, making it difficult or impossible to run other operations in that network until it is built back up.
One Provocation that we're planning is Arm Privateers (Provocation, Economy). It's a fairly advanced Operation requiring an Infiltration level of 60, and has the primary objective of disrupting the target empire by providing weapons and funding to violent and unstable individuals.
又见面了！
现在我们已经了解了几个基本行动，本周我们想了解一下挑衅行动。
行动的风险和后果各不相同。最简单的行动，比如收集信息和获取谍报资源，它们很少会在两个帝国之间引发重大问题，而窃取技术或破坏星际基地则更令人不悦，可能会引发一些外交问题。挑衅是银河系中一个整体上通常不太看好的行动类型，并将其视为战争罪。即使行动成功了，也要期待他们的反应及影响。
而这些影响中的一部分就是渗透等级的丧失--无论是你的间谍网络被攻破，还是安全漏洞被堵住，亦或者是目标帝国内部的“朋友”不再那么友好。行动越华丽、越混乱，您的间谍网络受到的影响也就越大。
挑衅通常会造成最大的渗透等级损失，使得在该网络在重新建立之前，很难或不可能在该网络中进行其他的行动。
我们计划中的一个挑衅即是武装私掠船(挑衅，经济)。这是一个相当先进的行动，需要60级的渗透等级，主要目标是通过向暴力且不稳定的个体提供武器和资金来破坏目标帝国。

Surely nothing will go wrong with this plan.
The weapons are untraceable, so it'll be fine.
这个计划肯定不会出什么差错。
武器是无法追踪的，所以不会有事的。
“我们的特工会提供无法追踪的武器和船只给目标帝国内的颠覆组织，给他们制造混乱和破坏的机会。”

∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿

These are a trustworthy group, right?
Your spymaster makes a good point there though.
这是一个值得信赖的团体，对吗？
不过，你的间谍头目说得很有道理。
“我们已经与一群吵闹但有前途的阿纳提亚海盗取得了联系。这些残暴的杀人犯非常愿意接受我们的武器和船只，虽然在给予他们之后，我们就将再也无法控制他们了。”

Last chance to back out.
最后一次退出的机会。
“武器运输和无法追踪到我们的无标记船只已经被我们的特工走私到阿纳图里亚国内。我们已经准备好把它们交给私掠船了。”

Privateers or pirates?
私掠船还是海盗船？
“我们武装的私掠船已经在古胡尔星系站稳脚跟，他们立即开始瞄准了当地航运。我们的分析人士预计阿纳图里亚国将不得不马上转移兵力，以应对其境内这一破坏稳定的威胁。”

“间谍头子德卢吕特召集了一支训练有素的特工队伍，他们将试图引诱普列索林天灾军团（虫群天灾）直接进入阿纳图瑞亚人的领地。这支队伍预计不会回来了。”

Surely nothing will go wrong with this plan either.
Crisis Beacon is an extremely difficult Operation to pull off, but if successful, will add the target's capital system as a target of interest to an ongoing End-Game Crisis. It currently has the highest Infiltration level requirement (80) and cost of any Operation. This will typically require an extremely well developed Spy Network with numerous Assets.
If all goes according to plan, this will usually result in the Crisis sending a fleet to "investigate" it in the friendly way that they do when visiting systems.
当然，这个计划也不会出什么差错。
危机信标是一个非常难完成的行动，但如果成功，目标的首都星系将成为一个正在进行的终局危机的吸引目标。目前，它的渗透级别要求最高(80)，成本也是所有行动中最高的。这通常需要一个非常发达的间谍网络，拥有大量的谍报资源。
如果一切按计划进行，它通常会导致天灾派遣一支舰队以友好的方式“调查”它，就像他们在访问银河系时所做的那样。

Goodbye! We'll miss you!
As with many Operations, things can develop in different ways depending on what's going on.
再见!我们会想你的！
与许多行动一样，事情可能会以不同的方式发展，这取决于正在发生的事情。
“我们的研究人员和行动人员已经为各种各样的任务变量做好了准备，任务小组已经出发前往一个未知的空间区域，就在阿纳图瑞亚的领土与普列索林天灾之间。”

The last time we'll hear from them.
Shortly thereafter, the bait is set.
这是我们最后一次听到他们的消息。
不久之后，诱饵就放好了。
“我们在阿纳图瑞国附近的特工向我们发送了一个一次性通讯，他们已经准备好了，只要我们发出信号，就会引起普列索林天灾的愤怒。”

"我们对普列索林天灾的生物驱动的研究进展缓慢，但已被证明是有效的。我们发明了一种合成化合物——生产成本高，运输危险——但它成功地引诱了一支舰队离开了虫群。
这种化合物的粘性是如此之强，我们的特工一释放出这种化学药剂，那他们的命运就注定了，就像位于斯耶祖诺星系和阿纳图里亚首都之间所有的星球基地一样黯淡。
我们的团队不会冒着扰乱虫群路线的风险逃走，正相反，我们的团队会利用他们剩下的时间，以确保踪迹保持完好无损。阿纳图里亚国很快就会经历我们牺牲的苦果。"

It's like Prethoryn catnip.
The sacrifice of our operatives (and the rest of the Spy Network that we had built up in the Anathurian Nation) bought us a bit of time as it diverted a Prethoryn fleet away from our own territory. The Swarm chose to support that fleet with other resources, leading them away from our border nicely.
Now, this sort of Operation is definitely an act of war, and we're currently discussing exactly what the consequences should be if you get caught performing such a heinous deed. At the very least, your target is not going to be happy at all with you. (And if you have a Xenophilic faction they might not be too pleased.)
That's this week's dossier of secret information. Next week we'll continue to talk about the Crisis a bit.
就像普列索林猫薄荷。
我们特工(以及我们在阿纳图里亚国建立的间谍网络的其余部分)的牺牲为我们赢得了一些时间，因为它转移了普列索林舰队离开我们的领土。虫群选择运用其他资源来支持这支舰队，带领它们更好地离开了我们的边界。
现在，这种行动绝对是一种战争行为，我们目前正在讨论，如果你做出如此令人发指的行为被抓获，将会产生什么样的后果。至少，你的目标不会对你感到高兴。(如果你是一个亲外主义者，那他们可能不会太高兴。)
这就是本周的秘密信息档案。下周我们将继续讨论这场危机。

补九楼

越来越有意思了，如果能让别国暴动然后政变、碎一地、抱玩家大腿什么的就更好了